System and method to efficiently generate and switch page display views on a portable electronic book
US6493734B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F15/0283
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method to efficiently generate and switch page display views on a portable electronic book. The method includes generating an ebook binary file including a plurality of book views, each of the plurality of book views including information needed to generate page display images representing content of a reading material in a font having a particular font point size. The method further includes parsing the ebook binary file and generating the page display images representing content of a reading material.
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